different warring states of japan

Chapter 2091 Green Tea is Shameful but Useful

Every time I listen to Akechi Mitsuhide speaking about great principles with righteousness, I feel an indescribable feeling, just like listening to an American hawk talking about benevolence, righteousness, and morality.

Yiyin shook his head and said.

"Let's go, we've seen everything we need to see, and it's time for me to go down the mountain for a walk."

Akechi Mitsuhide asked.

"Where does the saint want to go?"

Yiyin sneered.

“Let’s go to Yodo City and have a look.

Hideyoshi Ichijo seemed to have withdrawn from Fushimi Castle respectfully, but he kept trying to avoid the ownership of Yodo Castle.

I am too lazy to talk nonsense with her anymore. Let's take back Yodo Castle today, and leave this western gate of Kyoto to Fujitaka to guard."

Hosokawa Fujitaka looked up with great joy.

Yodo Castle is the hub of the Yodo River. If the Izumi-Hosokawa family controls this place, together with Katsuryuji Castle which controls the Katsura River behind them, they can be said to have truly grasped the lifeline of water transportation on the west side of Kyoto, and the benefits will be huge.

In fact, Yodo Castle was originally a stronghold established by the Hosokawa family. It was built fifty or sixty years ago when the Hatakeyama main family was at its peak.

Hosokawa Fujitaka has always wanted to replace the main Hosokawa family with the Izumi Hosokawa family, and naturally he has been coveting the main family's former residences such as Yodo Castle. Today, he has finally got his wish.

But in addition to being happy, Hosokawa Fujitaka also asked curiously.

"Yodo City is an important town, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Saint wants to take Yodo City, but did you lay an ambush in advance?"

Yiyin chuckled.

"I am going to enter Yodo Castle today. I want to see if the troops that Hideyoshi Ichijo has stationed in Yodo Castle dare to refuse to open the gates."

Yodo Castle is not far from Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine. The troops stationed in Yodo Castle by Ichijo Hideyoshi were responsible for the investigation and protection of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's sacrifice.

Now, Mt. Nanshan was flattened by thunder, Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine was reduced to ashes, the high-ranking officials of the shogunate were wiped out, and the troops from Yodo Castle who accompanied the emperor to protect him must have suffered heavy losses and are still in shock.

  If Yiyin goes over to ask for the city now, how many of the frightened people in Diancheng would have the courage to refuse the saint entry?

Even if the defending general was loyal to Hideyoshi Ichijo and was committed to his duty and refused to open the gate, the morale of the army would probably have been scared out of its wits.

During the hundred years of turbulent times, it was as common for the lower classes to overthrow their superiors as eating and drinking. If the commander of Diancheng did not know what was going on, he would probably be beheaded by his subordinates.

To take a step back, even if the people of Yodo Castle were loyal to Ichijo Hideyoshi and refused to give up the castle, Yoshigin would not be afraid.

Although the cooldown period of Heaven's Jealous Beauty is as long as one year, its usable time is a full twenty-four hours.

The usage time has not yet expired, and it is still easy for Yiyin, who can call the wind and rain, to scare the ancient people.

Yodo City is located at the intersection of three rivers. If there is a heavy rain here for a whole day and night, do you think this ancient city can withstand the wrath of the water dragon?

Yiyin was determined in his heart that at worst he would just give up on this Gudian City and just let it flood and build a new one.

Anyway, what he wanted was the advantageous geographical location to guard the Yodo River. It would be best if he could capture the city, but if he couldn't, he would not let Hideyoshi Ichijo occupy it any longer. He would just break up with him and destroy the city and rebuild it.

The fact was just as Yiyin expected. After his envoys notified Yodo City in advance, chaos broke out in the city. When the emperor arrived at Yodo City, the city gates were already open.

The castle lord Kimura Shigeji knelt dejectedly on the side of the road, watching helplessly as the few female warriors brought by Hosokawa Fujitaka easily took down the city defenses and drove out the Ichijo family's men.

During this process, Kimura Shigeji was angry but dared not speak out, and could only cautiously accept the saint's questioning outside the city.

Speaking of which, Kimura Shigetoshi was also a general under Ichijo Hideyoshi. He participated in the battles against Shibata Katsuie and Tokugawa Ieyasu and made many military achievements, so he was highly valued by Ichijo Hideyoshi.

Yodo Castle is geographically important, and she was sent here to serve as the castle representative. She worked very hard, but a thunderstorm at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine ruined all her efforts.

In the face of the might of heaven, everyone feels insecure.

Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine was crushed to pieces, and it is estimated that no one in the shogunate was spared, and even the Yodo Castle troops sent by Kimura Shigetoshi to protect them did not escape. The Yodo Castle army was already in chaos, and Kimura Shigetoshi could not suppress it, nor did he dare to suppress it. He could only follow the crowd to welcome the saint, allowing Hosokawa Fujitaka to easily occupy the city.

Yoshigin didn't want to make things too difficult for this sensible retainer of Ichijo. After all, he was still counting on Ichijo Hideyoshi to create political bargaining chips for him, so he would not touch her for the time being.

With just a few words, he sent Kimura Shigezu away, allowing her and her men to leave with three days' worth of food.

As for what Hideyoshi Ichijo would do with them after they entered Settsu, that had nothing to do with Yoshigin.

This time, Hideyoshi Ichijo and the Mori family teamed up to instigate the shogunate's high-ranking officials to perform a big show, but before it even began, Yoshigin used the most brutal method to blow all the actors to pieces.

He used divine power to intimidate people's hearts and cut off the hands of external interference, thus stabilizing people's hearts and the political situation for the internal reform of the Sōma family.

Yoshigin, who performed miracles at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine and Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine, has become a war god. The god of wealth Bishamonten has descended and planted the seeds of the present god in the hearts of the people of Kinki and Kanto.

Kinki and Kanto gradually became a united front, which left Hideyoshi Ichijo helpless and he could only turn his eyes to the west.

At this time when it was impossible to shake Yiyin's position, it became even more important for her to conquer Shikoku, Kyushu and Western Province as soon as possible.

What Yoshigin wanted was for Hideyoshi Ichijo to behave himself, concentrate his attention on the Western Expedition, and temporarily stop interfering with Sōma's internal affairs.

He can then concentrate on completing the foundation of the Sōma theocracy and lay the most solid foundation for the Sōma world.

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That night, in the inner room of the Diancheng residence.

The candlelight flickered, leaving only four candles in the dim room. Yiyin, who had been pretending to be a b for a whole day, was a little tired. At this moment, he was leaning on the pillow, squinting at the wall in front of him.

Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka knelt in front of him, confessed their sins for their past disobedience to the gods, and repented sincerely.

The faint candlelight reflected on the wall, casting a towering shadow.

The hair brushed past the inside of Yiyin's thigh, making him feel slightly itchy, and two dark spots appeared on the wall, one on the left and one on the right, merging into the black shadow column.

Yiyin emptied his mind and looked at the OIO on the wall, sometimes united and sometimes dispersed.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, looked up at the beams, clenched and relaxed his hands, and finally exhaled slowly. His nerves, which had been tense all day, finally relaxed completely.

Even though he seems to be confident, he knows best in his heart that he is not a true God.

No matter how good a plan is, it may fail. If it goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous. How can he not be nervous?

At this moment, the two girls raised their heads together, and Hosokawa Fujitaka's throat moved slightly. Today she was blessed by God and was baptized.

Akechi Mitsuhide wiped the remaining saliva from the corner of Hosokawa Fujitaka's mouth with his fingers, slowly put it into his own mouth and licked it, sharing the grace of God.

So, being the mother of a descendant of God has its advantages.

The stability of the God's Descendants Group far exceeds that of ordinary female warrior groups, because in this world where women are dominant, it is difficult to replicate the political relationship between the saint and the Mother of the Gods and to establish solid mutual trust.

Powerful ministers like Hosokawa Fujitaka and Akechi Mitsuhide who like to stir up trouble behind the scenes can easily cause confrontation and fighting between the lord and his retainers in the samurai system with an unstable power structure.

But within the political system of the Spoken Group, this is not a problem.

There is mutual trust between the ruler and his subjects. At worst, it can happen once. If it doesn't work once, then try again.

In this world where women are dominant, weak men do not have the talent or physical strength to complete such a reverse harem relationship between monarch and minister.

Only Yiyin, who comes from a male-dominated world and has a cheat, can unite his own female warrior group in this way and ensure the mutual trust and unity of the Shiba Goddess group.

I have to say, green tea is shameful but useful.